Business phone system for nonresidential property managers in Arkansas

Nonresidential property managers in Arkansas by the numbers

The Census Bureau counted 91 nonresidential property managers in Arkansas in its 2023 County Business Patterns (NAICS 531312). They employed 373 people in mid-March and reported $24.0 million in annual payroll. That is the 35th highest count among the 51 states and DC with published figures. Nonresidential property managers make up 0.13% of the 70,452 business establishments in the state.

Per 100,000 residents (2024 estimate) Arkansas has 2.9 nonresidential property managers, 44.5% below the national rate of 5.3. The average establishment has 4.1 employees against 9.5 nationally. Payroll per employee is $64,290, 28.3% below the U.S. figure of $89,718.

Where nonresidential property managers in Arkansas are concentrated

Census published commercial property management company counts for 6 metro or micropolitan areas that include part of Arkansas. The largest is Memphis, TN-MS-AR, with 46 establishments (a multi-state area; its count covers every state it spans). Single-state metro and micropolitan areas account for 67% of the statewide total; the rest are outside any published area or in areas Census suppressed.

Team sizes at nonresidential property managers in Arkansas

83.3% of Arkansas's nonresidential property managers with employees had fewer than five people in March 2023, compared with 65.8% nationally. 91.1% had fewer than ten. That is the size of team where a missed call usually means nobody was free, not that nobody was on staff.

Calls a commercial property management company in Arkansas has to catch

Commercial property managers coordinate tenants, building engineers and vendors across one or several buildings. Tenants expect quick answers about access, HVAC and maintenance during business hours. That holds for nonresidential property managers in Arkansas as much as anywhere.

Calls a commercial property management company in Arkansas might handle in a typical week include:

• The manager calls tenants about planned maintenance.
• A vendor calls to schedule work in a common area.
• A prospective tenant's broker calls about vacancy.

After-hours calls

Building emergencies need an after-hours path to an on-call engineer.

Callata voicemail is transcribed and triaged for urgency, and business-hours routing decides where calls go once you close.

Phone system pricing for a 4-person commercial property management company

Nonresidential property managers in Arkansas average 4.1 employees, so the comparison uses a 4-person team. On a per-user plan that headcount sets the bill: $99.80 a month on Ooma Office Pro or $120.00 on RingCentral RingEX Core at list price (checked September 28, 2026). On Callata the same 4 people cost $99.00 a month, less than either per-seat plan.

The annual difference against RingCentral's monthly list price comes to $252. Some vendors discount annual contracts; the table shows month-to-month prices.

Area codes in Arkansas

Arkansas has 4 geographic area codes in service according to NANPA. You can choose local numbers in the area codes your tenants and owners know, subject to carrier inventory, or port your current number for free.

How Callata works for nonresidential property managers in Arkansas

Callata is a business phone system priced at $99 a month with 5 users included, then $20 per additional user. Callata Office includes up to 3 local business numbers, unlimited inbound calling, 1,500 pooled outbound US and Canada minutes per user each month, a browser softphone that can also ring your cell, voicemail with transcription, call recording with AI summaries, business-hours routing and E911 on every number.

If you already have a number in Arkansas, porting it to Callata is free. Texting from a local number requires a one-time carrier registration (10DLC, $49), and the numbers available in any area code depend on carrier inventory when you choose them.

Optional AI agents (receptionist, sales, support or scheduler) can answer calls after hours or when nobody picks up, take messages, text, email and transfer to your team. They are billed from prepaid AI minutes at $0.25 per minute, identify themselves as AI, and may only place outbound calls to people who consented, between 8am and 9pm.